Negotiable
Outside
Undetermined
England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of a senior full-stack developer involves delivering data-heavy production systems for manufacturing clients, focusing on enhancing operational applications and improving system reliability. The developer will work closely with a principal engineer, taking ownership of application modules within an established platform. This hands-on position emphasizes shipping reliable software and solving real operational problems rather than building prototypes. The role requires translating business requirements into functional applications while maintaining existing systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Enhancing operational applications (materials management, labour tracking etc.)
- Speaking with clients to take requirements and feedback
- Building bespoke modules to support operational reporting
- Improving data pipelines and system reliability (ETL)
- Working with complex schemas and production datasets
- Maintaining systems already in daily operational use
Key Skills:
- Laravel / TALL Stack
- Laravel (PHP)
- Livewire
- Python scripting
- Alpine.js
- Tailwind CSS
- Eloquent ORM
- Experience with Laravel Jobs, Queues, Imports/Exports and Livewire lifecycle hooks
- Strong SQL skills (T-SQL preferred)
- Experience working with complex relational schemas
- Comfortable working with production data systems
- Familiarity with AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot or similar)
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
About the Company We are a consultancy building bespoke operational software for manufacturing clients. Our systems replace Excel-driven processes with structured web applications and operational data platforms used across planning, production and reporting.
About the Role We’re looking for a senior full-stack developer to help deliver data-heavy production systems used by live operational teams. You will work alongside our principal engineer and take ownership of building and improving application modules within an existing platform. This is a hands-on development role focused on shipping reliable software and solving real operational problems, not building prototypes.
Responsibilities You will be working on an established data platform and application suite used by manufacturing operations. The system consists of:
- An on-premises SQL Server data warehouse
- A Laravel + Livewire application layer
- Supporting Python scripts and data pipelines
Your role will involve translating business requirements into working applications and improving the reliability of existing systems. Typical work includes:
- Enhancing operational applications (materials management, labour tracking etc.)
- Speaking with clients to take requirements and feedback
- Building bespoke modules to support operational reporting
- Improving data pipelines and system reliability (ETL)
- Working with complex schemas and production datasets
- Maintaining systems already in daily operational use
Required Skills Laravel / TALL Stack Laravel (PHP) Livewire Python scripting Alpine.js Tailwind CSS Eloquent ORM Experience with Laravel Jobs, Queues, Imports/Exports and Livewire lifecycle hooks Strong SQL skills (T-SQL preferred) Experience working with complex relational schemas Comfortable working with production data systems Familiarity with AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot or similar)
Pay range and compensation package Rate: Competitive day rate IR35: Outside IR35 Term: 3-6 Month Contract (likely extension)
Equal Opportunity Statement We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all applicants. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and experiences and make hiring decisions based on skills, experience and ability to do the role.